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SNOWDROP
So Snowdrop is thy name! then art thou white
As snowdrops? here on earth a violet
Ever for me with dewy tears is wet;
Oh, tarriest thou within the heavenly light
For me, a snowdrop delicate and bright?
Keep thou for me thy whiteness till I climb
Slowly towards thine own mountain-tops sublime,
Till the dread final ascent looms in sight.
As snowdrops? here on earth a violet
Ever for me with dewy tears is wet;
Oh, tarriest thou within the heavenly light
For me, a snowdrop delicate and bright?
Keep thou for me thy whiteness till I climb
Slowly towards thine own mountain-tops sublime,
Till the dread final ascent looms in sight.
And then, when that is conquered, step thou down,
And open all thy whiteness unto me!
Oh, blossom, tender Snowdrop—be my crown!
Let me thy passionate woman-splendour see!
Thy woman-splendour; blossom-splendour too,
And spirit-splendour: heart-absorbing, new.
And open all thy whiteness unto me!
Oh, blossom, tender Snowdrop—be my crown!
Let me thy passionate woman-splendour see!
Thy woman-splendour; blossom-splendour too,
And spirit-splendour: heart-absorbing, new.
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